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Social media platform
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round TikTok raised.
Companies TikTok acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Carsten Grueber | Country Manager (former) | Startup Daily |
Stories naming TikTok. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Talent and influencer agency Click is broadening past gaming into new categories, appointing Gianni Borrelli and promoting Tilly Barker, under a year after GameSquare acquired it.
Ten13 announces its pre-seed investment in Atrium, an AI assistant for managing professional relationships, with AirTree Ventures also taking part, and explains the market case and the founders' backgrounds.
Startup Daily profiles Juxtabyte, a data governance startup founded by former CBA data governance lead Hugh Le, ahead of the Techstars Sydney 2025 cohort's Demo the Future event.
Carted, the wishlist and commerce API startup, is shutting down on 22 October 2025. Its 2021 seed round raised $13m with Blackbird leading, alongside Grok Ventures and Tidal Ventures.
Also Startup Daily
Aether, a New Zealand AI presentation startup co-founded by a former TikTok NZ manager, raised NZ$3.8 million in seed backing from Icehouse Ventures and Brand Fund 2 after spinning out of studio New+Improved.
Also Startup Daily
Roundup of six Australian and New Zealand startup raises totalling $63.5 million, covering in-store audio, EV charging, respiratory biotech, health AI, gig-economy fintech, and inclusive social media ventures.
Also Startup Daily
Spoony, an Australian app helping disabled and neurodivergent people connect, has secured $1 million in a pre-seed round backed by Antler Ventures, Melba Support Services and Trampoline.
Hangover remedy maker Seoul Tonic is expanding overseas after its founder Sophie Hood took out AU$250,000 plus mentoring on the debut season of Food Stars Australia, sharing the prize with Blak Brews.
A Blackbird partner argues AI has revived vertical software by turning hard-to-sell customers into product-led buyers, noting the firm recently backed three such startups and recalling Aconex's sale to Oracle.
Also buildxact.com
Weekly roundup of nine Australian startups that together raised over $233 million, led by Hysata's $172 million Series B, with rounds also for V2 Digital, AgriWebb, Disco, Genero, Brainfish, Kite Therapy, Nucanon and Maslow.
Weekly AI column profiles Melbourne legaltech Deeligence, which raised $1 million with Alice Anderson Fund backing to automate due diligence and challenge billable hours; also DocuSign acquiring Lexion and a Microsoft-OpenAI deepfake fund.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering fresh Australian startup raises, new venture funds and closes, a wave of acquisitions, delistings and a liquidation, executive moves, and Canva's product launch.
Also Techboard·Startup Daily
Amid the tech downturn, a roundup of five Australian companies that recently secured backing: Behaviol, LUMOS, Zipr, Envirma, plus OIF Ventures closing its third fund at $140 million.
Also SmartCompany
Coverage of Andrew Tate's deplatforming and his shift to Rumble, which then topped the app charts; the piece also notes the video platform's backers and its earlier stated plan to list on Nasdaq.
Ignition Lane's weekly wrap reports falling Australian venture funding, lists several startup raises and fund raises, covers Chargefox's acquisition, Volt's closure, the Zip-Sezzle merger termination, and global tech news.
Also Startup Daily·Techboard
Blackbird profiles Lucy Mort, co-founder and CEO of creator monetisation app Sunroom, covering its origins, her Hinge background, and the seed round's majority-female investor base.
Profile of Sunroom, a subscription platform letting women and non-binary creators earn from content, started by two dating-app veterans and backed in a seed round by Blackbird.
Cut Through Venture's debut quarterly newsletter rounds up Q1 2021 raises across Australian and New Zealand startups, highlighting crowdfunding, fintech dominance, active investors, and two newly launched startups currently seeking backers.
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